Reentry watch · Starlink satellite
Starlink-1327: coming down
Starlink-1327 is expected to come back into the atmosphere on October 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM UTC, give or take 12 hours. Where it comes down depends on the exact time, which narrows as the day comes. SpaceX brings old Starlinks down on purpose, and they burn up completely.
- What
- Starlink satellite (STARLINK-1327)
- Catalog number
- 45555
- Launched
- Apr 22, 2020 (2020-025AA)
- Size on radar
- large
- Predicted
- October 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM UTC, give or take 12 hours
- Where it is then
- 26.8° N, 114.0° E, over China, near Guankou, heading southeast
- Updates
- 1 from Space-Track, the last on Oct 22, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC
Its path while the window is open
The map needs JavaScript. The list below names the cities near the path.
The line is where it would be at each moment of the window; the dot is where Space-Track expects it at the predicted time. Within the shaded band it could be seen, low in the sky, if it came down at that point.
Who might see it
Cities within about 1,000 km of the path while their sky is dark, if it comes down while passing them:
- Madrid: 20 km to the overhead, 2:45 AM GMT+2
- Munich: 27 km to the overhead, 2:49 AM GMT+2
- Kraków: 44 km to the north, 2:50 AM GMT+2
- Berlin: 58 km to the northeast, 3:22 AM GMT+1
- Amsterdam: 60 km to the southwest, 3:21 AM GMT+1
- Zurich: 69 km to the east, 2:48 AM GMT+2
- Lyon: 72 km to the south, 2:47 AM GMT+2
- Samara: 83 km to the east, 4:55 AM GMT+4
- Córdoba: 84 km to the west, 9:22 PM GMT-3
- Reading: 85 km to the south, 2:20 AM GMT
- Minsk: 107 km to the southwest, 5:24 AM GMT+3
- Hamburg: 111 km to the southeast, 3:22 AM GMT+1
- Brussels: 114 km to the north, 3:21 AM GMT+1
- Warsaw: 114 km to the north, 3:23 AM GMT+1
- Bristol: 117 km to the southeast, 2:20 AM GMT
- London: 119 km to the east, 2:20 AM GMT
- Prague: 127 km to the south, 2:49 AM GMT+2
- Asunción: 130 km to the north, 9:24 PM GMT-3
- Cardiff: 151 km to the southeast, 2:20 AM GMT
- Lisbon: 153 km to the southeast, 1:44 AM GMT+1
- Vienna: 156 km to the northwest, 2:49 AM GMT+2
- Cologne: 160 km to the north, 3:21 AM GMT+1
- Seville: 163 km to the northwest, 2:44 AM GMT+2
- Swansea: 175 km to the south, 2:19 AM GMT
From where you are
Whether its path passes within sight of you while your sky is dark.
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What a reentry looks like
Satellites and rocket stages hit the air at about 28,000 km/h (17,000 mph). About 70 to 100 km up they start to glow and break apart, so from the ground it looks like a slow line of orange and white fireballs, often with glowing trails, moving across the sky together in a straight line. It can last from 30 seconds to a few minutes, and it can be seen from up to about 1,000 km away, low on the horizon.
Not a meteor: a meteor is over in a second or two. A reentry is slower, lasts longer, and usually breaks into a cluster of pieces. Not a plane: no blinking lights, and it doesn't turn.
Is it dangerous?
Almost never. Starlink satellites are built to burn up completely. Big rocket stages can drop a few tough parts, like fuel tanks, which nearly always land in the ocean. If you find something you think fell from space, don't touch it: take photos and call the local police.
Saw it? Report it Everything coming down
Predictions from Space-Track.org (USSPACECOM's reentry messages). They narrow as the day comes: a few days out the time is only known to within hours, in the last hours to within minutes. Tumbling objects can still come down outside the window. Paths are worked out from the newest orbit data.